Sustainability
and ICSR
FIETS:
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Financial
Institutional
Ecological
Technological
Social
Financial
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Aim for a substantial own contribution, especially from
private parties
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Make sure that the products/services can be delivered after
the project period based on local revenues through taxes or
pricing of products/services.
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The price for a service/product should include the costs of
management, maintenance en depreciation.
Institutional
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A local party (E.g. local SME) is or will be made responsible for
the sustained delivery of the services or products after the project
period. This party should be sufficiently involved in the (outline of
the) project to be able to take on this responsibility. This party
should also be able to represent the interests of the most
vulnerable and/or poor groups in society;
Provide a solid stakeholder assessment;
The project should be in line with national legislation and
directives
All partners will be accountable and responsible to report in a
transparent way on the planning, the main decisions, budgetary
issues and the results of the project (cross cutting theme good
governance);
Capacity building of e.g. the local private sector will be part of the
project to ensure the sustainable delivery of services and
products;
The project pays attention to possible conflicts of interest between
stakeholders.
Environment and Climate
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The project should not have detrimental environmental
effects, including climate change.
An assessment of the impact of the project on the
environment and the living conditions of the target group
should be part of the project proposal.
The project should at least comply to applicable national
and international environmental legislation and standards.
Preferably the project ensures an even better protection of
the environment.
The proposed technologies should be sustainable. Avoid
pollution and degradation of water, land and the pollution of
air (greenhouse gasses), and recycle waste.
Protect biodiversity.
Technical
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The installed infrastructure will remain operational beyond
the project period, e.g. through the accomplishment of
institutional arrangements for management and
maintenance and sustainable forms of local financing.
The proposed technology can be easily bought or (partially)
produced locally and managed by the local (non- and
profit) private sector.
Capacity building of will be part of the project to ensure the
management and maintenance of the infrastructure/products.
The proposed technology is affordable for the local users,
including the costs of management, maintenance and
replacement.
The choice for a specific technology is based on a
comparison between different options, taking into account
environmental and social (e.g. gender) issues, preferably
through a participatory process.
Social
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The project is demand-driven and focuses on basic needs,
contributing to empowerment and self-reliance.
The project takes into account the specific needs of women,
vulnerable groups and the poorest in society (cross cutting
theme gender).
The project also stimulates job creation for women.
The project has stimulates involvement of women in
decision making, planning and project implementation.
The project guarantees a good working environment in the
broadest sense, taking into account environmental and
social issues ("Corporate (Social) Responsibility (CSR)").
The project takes into account social-cultural values of
society.
ICSR
• Based on OECD guidelines
• To help identifying the ICSR risks, the
applicant can make use of the CSR riskcheck tool of MVO Nederland or own
methods. The tool is available at:
http://www.mvorisicochecker.nl/en, this is
optional.
ICSR Analysis for the project
• Identify the relevant ICSR risks;
• Describe the effects of the possible risks and
to which activities they relate;
• Provide concrete mitigating measures
• Chain responsibility
ICSR policy for the companies
• Minimum requirement. All OECD themes
should be incorporated.
• Companies who already have an ICSR policy
can hand the document in together with the
other application forms.
• Companies that do not have an ICSR policy
yet, can develop one during the project.
Preferably during result 1.